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2011 Washington Huskies football team

2011 Washington Huskies football
Washington Huskies logo.svg
Alamo Bowl, L 56–67 vs. Baylor
Conference Pac-12 Conference
Division North Division
2011 record 7–6 (5–4 Pac-12)
Head coach Steve Sarkisian (3rd year)
Offensive coordinator Doug Nussmeier (3rd year)
Offensive scheme Pro-style
Defensive coordinator Nick Holt (3rd year)
Base defense 4–3
MVP Cort Denninson
Greg Walker
Chris Polk
Captain Cort Denninson
Captain Jermaine Kearse
Captain Senio Kelemete
Captain Alameda Ta'amu
Home stadium Husky Stadium
(Capacity: 72,500)
Seasons
← 2010
2012 →
2011 Pac-12 football standings
Conf     Overall
Team   W   L         W   L  
North Division
#4 Oregon xy$   8 – 1         12 – 2  
#7 Stanford x%   8 – 1         11 – 2  
Washington   5 – 4         7 – 6  
California   4 – 5         7 – 6  
Oregon State   3 – 6         3 – 9  
Washington State   2 – 7         4 – 8  
South Division
#6 USC *   7 – 2         10 – 2  
UCLA xy   5 – 4         6 – 8  
Utah   4 – 5         8 – 5  
Arizona State   4 – 5         6 – 7  
Arizona   2 – 7         4 – 8  
Colorado   2 – 7         3 – 10  
Championship: Oregon 49, UCLA 31
  • $ – BCS representative as conference champion
  • % – BCS at-large representative
  • x – Division champion/co-champions
  • y – Championship game participant
  • * – USC ineligible for championship and post-season due to NCAA sanctions
As of January 10, 2012; Rankings from AP Poll
1 2 3 4 Total
California 7 13 3 0 23
• Washington 14 7 3 7 31
1 2 3 4 Total
Colorado 7 3 7 7 24
• Washington 21 17 7 7 52
Washington State at Washington
1 2 3 4 Total
Washington State 0 14 7 0 21
• Washington 14 7 7 10 38

The 2011 Washington Huskies football team represented the University of Washington in the 2011 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The team was coached by third year head coach Steve Sarkisian. They played six of their home games at Husky Stadium and their final home game at CenturyLink Field due to a planned renovation of Husky Stadium; both stadiums are in Seattle, Washington. They are a member of the North Division of the Pac-12 Conference. They finished the season 7–6, 5–4 in Pac-12 play to finish in third place in the North division. They were invited to the Alamo Bowl where they were defeated by Baylor 56–67.

The follow players were the game starters.

Hartvigson%

% - started as second/third tight end + - started as third/fourth wide receiver

^ - started as fifth defensive back

Washington Husky cornerback Desmond Trufant intercepted a pass by Eastern Washington Eagles' quarterback Bo Levi Mitchell in the end zone with 29 seconds left to preserve a 30–27 win on September 3. Trufant wrestled the pass away from 6-foot-5 Eagles receiver Brandon Kaufman. Mitchell passed for 473 yards on the night, completed 39 of 69 passes, and had 3 touchdowns against 2 interceptions. For Washington, quarterback Keith Price threw three touchdown passes and completed 17 of 25 passes for 102 yards, and running back Chris Polk ran for 125 yards on 23 carries. Washington gained fewer total yards than Eastern Washington – 250 yards compared to 504 for the Eagles – but had zero turnovers while the Eagles gave up the ball four times. Trufant had forced another one of those turnovers during the first quarter; he stripped Matt Johnson on a punt return and created a short field for the Huskies that led to a 7-yard touchdown pass from Price to Jonathan Amosa.

After the game, the Pac-12 Conference named Trufant Pac-12 defensive player of week. Washington placekicker Erik Folk was named Pac-12 special teams player of the week. Polk was a perfect 3-for-3 on field goals during the game and all three of his field goals came from outside of 40 yards.


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